Edexcel Government & Politics - Unit 1 06/06/16

For the 25 markers I did democracy and elections.

How does devolution and EU affect representative democracy?

1) Sovereignty and power dispersed from Westminster, leading to democratic deficit in the case of the EU, as they may not have our best interests in mind.
2) Westminster MPs are less accountable, as they cannot control EU.
3) More representative and pluralist democracy as people represented regionally, nationally and internationally, but said MEPs are ineffective.

Assess the merits of election systems used in the UK?

1) FPTP
2) Regional List
3) AMS

I listed all 6 in my intro but only spoke about 3, concluding that some are more suited to different elections than others.

Can you guys tell me what you think of this? Need some reassurance lol




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I thought the 10 markers were alright.

For the democracy one, I just put:
- compulsory voting would increase turnouts to make the government more legitimate, like in Australia they had a 93% turnout from it and ours is only 66%
- voting could be regarded as a civic duty, like jury duty, and thus made compulsory
- compulsory voting would encourage participation from groups like under 24 year olds, who don't normally vote, therefore making the government more representative of society

But, I found the pressure groups one really hard, I said:
- Being an outsider could lead groups to resort to illegal action
- Groups that lack financial power may resort to illegal action in order to gain publicity
- But then I couldn't really think of a third one... So I put, groups may grow frustrated with the government, and therefore resort to illegal action, and used the example of Fathers4Justice plotting to kidnap Blair's son in 2006

How do you think I did?

I answered that question but I argued yes they are still traditional because of the rise of corbynism. I gave 3 arguments for and 2 against

For the 25 markers I did democracy and elections.

How does devolution and EU affect representative democracy?

1) Sovereignty and power dispersed from Westminster, leading to democratic deficit in the case of the EU, as they may not have our best interests in mind.
2) Westminster MPs are less accountable, as they cannot control EU.
3) More representative and pluralist democracy as people represented regionally, nationally and internationally, but said MEPs are ineffective.

Assess the merits of election systems used in the UK?

1) FPTP
2) Regional List
3) AMS

I listed all 6 in my intro but only spoke about 3, concluding that some are more suited to different elections than others.

Can you guys tell me what you think of this? Need some reassurance lol




Posted from TSR Mobile

For the 25 markers I did democracy and elections.

How does devolution and EU affect representative democracy?

1) Sovereignty and power dispersed from Westminster, leading to democratic deficit in the case of the EU, as they may not have our best interests in mind.
2) Westminster MPs are less accountable, as they cannot control EU.
3) More representative and pluralist democracy as people represented regionally, nationally and internationally, but said MEPs are ineffective.

Assess the merits of election systems used in the UK?

1) FPTP
2) Regional List
3) AMS

I listed all 6 in my intro but only spoke about 3, concluding that some are more suited to different elections than others.

Can you guys tell me what you think of this? Need some reassurance lol




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For the Asses the merits of election systems in the UK i listed all 6 in small paragraphs and gave their pros, i only gave cons in a few.

for the EU democracy question i spoke about pooled sovereignty and i cant remember what else, would i still get marks for the Asses the merits question i assumed they didnt really want to hear the cons so i just put that in as evaluation in some sections?@

for the democracy question one could also talk about the different electoral systems used in both the EU elections and devolved nations? right?

Guys if I get a C in unit 1 how many marks wuld i need to get in unit 2 to balance to a B or A?

That all looks good to me.

see for the first one I put:
1. Increase turnouts and political participation like you did, like Australia etc etc
2. Force governments to produce manifestos that are fully representative of the whole society, advancing pluralist democracy as they are forced to represent those who may not normally vote (youth etc)
3. Can't remember the third one i put

and for pressure groups:
1. To gain media attention in attempt to gain a wider following e.g Greenpeace
2. To gain government attention if they're an outsider and cannot regularly consult government officials e.g Animal Liberation Front
3. If the group only has a short time to opperate in, for example with Stop The War in 2003 on Iraq. They had to resort to illegal action because there was not enough time for them to start a successful legal campaign before the war had begun.